An Englishman in Paris

By: Vandam, Albert Dresden

Book Excerpt: brilliant talker -- Auber's gratitude to the artists who interpreted his work, but different from Meyerbeer's -- The reason why, according to Auber -- Jealousy or humility -- Auber and the younger Coquelin -- "The verdict on all things in this world may be summed up in the one phrase, 'It's an injustice'" -- F?licien David -- The man -- The beginnings of his career -- His terrible poverty -- He joins the Saint-Simoniens, and goes with some of them to the East -- Their reception at Constantinople -- M. Scribe and the libretto of "L'Africaine" -- David in Egypt at the court of Mehemet-Ali -- David's description of him -- Mehemet's way of testing the educational progress of his sons -- Woe to the fat kine -- Mehemet-Ali suggests a new mode of teaching music to the inmates of the harem -- F?licien David's further wanderings in Egypt -- Their effect upon his musical genius -- His return to France -- He tells the story of the first performance of "Le D?sert" -- An ambulant box-office -- His sucRead More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798708535955
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"